In almost all circumstances you can use a correlation name as a short cut to a table name for example MT in the following query

SELECT MT.*

FROM MYTABLE MT

WHERE MT.MYKEY = 5;

However it looks like you cannot use a correlation name on a delete statement in mariadb so the following generates an error.

DELETE FROM MYTABLE MT

WHERE MT.KEY = 5;

You can use a correlation name in this manner in most other databases.

This is not that big an issue, but an irritation.